His active abilities include Hamstring, an axe slam that damages and slows all enemies in a line and lets his next Basic Attack strike immediately, a Butcher's Brand that deals some damage to an enemy and grants The Butcher's attacks massive lifesteal against them with the duration refreshing every time The Butcher hits them, and Ruthless Onslaught, an unstoppable charge with massive range that damages and stuns a target.

After collecting 200 meat, he gains more damage and attack speed, no longer drops meat on death, and continues to gain 10 meat from heroes. Minions drop 1 meat while heroes drop 20, but dying costs him 15 meat. His trait, Fresh Meat, lets him collect the remains of slain enemies, increasing his Basic Attack damage. The Butcher is a Melee Assassin hero, characterized by an all-in combination of high damage and sustain, but no way to disengage. Even so, to this day, any adventurers from Sanctuary feel fear whenever they hear the only thing that these Butchers say: ' Ahh.

Years later, Coven Mistress Maghda employed another of these Butchers to stall the player although that Butcher had some new tricks up to his sleeve, he was still felled by the might of the Nephalem. He was eventually killed by a group of adventurers as their first major obstacle to reach and defeat Diablo. Its first sighting was under the chapel of Tristram, where Archbishop Lazarus lured several Tristram townsfolk to his lair under the pretense of rescuing the missing Prince Albrecht, only for the Butcher to slaughter most of them. A type of fiend found in Sanctuary, the demon known as 'The Butcher' carries a bloody cleaver and excels in carving up human flesh like a butcher cutting up animal meats, liking it fresh.

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